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(; 115), adv.[Pref. a- + loft, which properly meant air. See Loft.] 1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." Milton. 2. (Naut.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven. Aloft" prep.Above; on top of. [Obs.] Fresh waters run aloft the sea. Holland. スポンサード リンク
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